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Juan Muñoz Biography
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1953 |
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Born June 17th in Madrid, Spain
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1976 - 1977 |
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Attends Central School of Art and Design in London
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1978 - 1980 |
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Receives British Council scholarship and attends Croydon School of Art in London
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1981 - 1982 |
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Attends Pratt Graphic Center in New York and receives Fullbright Fellowship through the North American Spanish Committee
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1984 |
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First solo exhibit in Madrid
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1986 |
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Exhibits sculptures with Spanish composer Alberto Iglesias
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1987 |
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First solo museum exhibition at CAPC Musee d’Art Contemporain in Bordeaux
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1990 |
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First solo exhibition in the United States at the Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, and first solo exhibition in a public institution in the UK in Bristol.
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1992 |
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Commissioned to make an outdoor sculpture on a river path on the South Bank
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1994 |
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Solo exhibition at Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin
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1995 |
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Residency at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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1996 |
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Two major exhibitions in Madrid and New York
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2000 |
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Awarded the Premio Nacional de Artes Plasticas in Spain
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Juan Munoz, A Retrospective, Tate Modern
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2001
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A Contemporary Cabinet of Curiosities/Un arca de curiosidades: Selections from the Vicki and Kent Logan Collection, California College of Arts y Crafts Institute, Oliver Art Center, Oakland
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2000 - 2001
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Máquinas, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 19 Septiembre-19 Noviembre; Fundació 'la Caixa,' Palma
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2000
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Around 1984: A Look at Art in the 80's, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, 21 Mayo-Septiembre
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2000
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Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Atenas
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2000
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Between Cinema and Hard Place, The Tate Gallery of Modern Art, Londres, 12 Mayo-3 Diciembre
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2000
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Over the Edges/En los límites, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, 1 Abril-30 Junio
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2000
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Biennale of Sydney 2000: 12th Biennale of Sydney, 26 Marzo-30 Julio.
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2000
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Juan Muñoz: The Nature of Visual Ilusion/Naturaleza de la ilusión visual, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk (solo)
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1999 - 2000
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Juan Muñoz: A Brief Description of My Death/Una breve descripción de mi muerte, Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Atenas (solo)
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1999 - 2000
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Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, 20er Haus and k/haus-Künstlerhaus, Viena, 5 Julio-Octubre
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1999 - 2000
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Zeitwenden: Ausblick, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, 4 Diciembre '99-4 Junio '00
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1999
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Juan Muñoz: Crossroads/Cruce de caminos, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (solo)
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1998
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Juan Muñoz: Certain Drawings in Oil and Ink/Algunos dibujos en óleo y tinta 1996-1998, Sala Robayera, Miengo (solo)
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1997
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Juan Muñoz: Mobiliario, Marco Noire Contemporary Art, Turin (solo)
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1997
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Directions: Juan Muñoz, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (solo)
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1996 - 1997
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Juan Muñoz: Monólogos y diálogos, Palacio de Velázquez, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid (solo)
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1996
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Juan Muñoz, Galerie Jean Bernier, Atenas (solo)
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1996
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Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich (solo)
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1995 - 1996
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Juan Muñoz, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela (solo)
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1995
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Juan Muñoz: Portrait of a Turkish Man Drawing, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston (solo)
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1993
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Juan Muñoz, Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf (solo)
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1990
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Erste Einzelausstellung in den USA, Renaissance Society, Universität von Chicago
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1987
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Erste Einzelausstellung in einem Kuseum, CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporian, Bordeaux
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